State Dept. admits link between $400M cash payment to Iran & prisoner release

The Obama administration is revealing new details about the links between a $400 million cash payment to Iran and the release of four American prisoners in January.On Thursday, the State Department admitted for the first time that the cash and prisoner release were linked.
Negotiations over the United States’ payment to Iran were conducted separately from the prisoner talks, State Department spokesman John Kirby said. However, he acknowledged the U.S. withheld delivering the millions in ca